Baha’i Community in Peril
(17 February 2009) Attacks on the Baha’i community in Iran have reached alarming levels, including semi-official calls for its “utter destruction,” the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said… ...
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February 14, 2009
End Prosecution of Student for Exercising Freedom of Speech
…Nikounesbati graduated from Mofid University in Qom two months ago. He was the spokesperson for the Office to Foster Unity, a nation-wide students union. He has been arrested twice and… ...
February 1, 2009
Academic Freedom
During the past few years, Iranian universities have been experiencing a new phase of government intervention in academic affairs, which is considered a second Cultural Revolution. The present government policy… ...
February 1, 2009
Women’s Rights
The Iranian women’s rights movement is the most vibrant social movement in Iran today. Having built an extensive grassroots base, Iranian women are campaigning to fight legal gender discrimination. The… ...
January 25, 2009
Ronak Safazadeh
Ronak Safazadeh (21), arrested on October 9, 2007, is a women’s rights activist in Sanandaj. She has been sentenced to 9 months in prison and a $208 (2 million Rial)… ...
January 19, 2009
Hadi Ghabel
Hadi Ghabel, an outspoken Iranian cleric, was imprisoned on April 7, beginning a 40 month term following prosecution and conviction by the Special Court for the Clergy, a body akin… ...
January 15, 2009
Detentions of Shiraz University Students Continue
(15 January 2009) – The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reported that Hamdollah Namjou and Alma Ranjbar students at Shiraz University were arrested at the Intelligence Office in… ...
January 14, 2009
The Systematic Repression of the Women’s Rights Movement — May 2008
An International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran report on the various dimensions of the repression of women’s rights activists in Iran…. ...
January 13, 2009
Peace Activists Protesting Gaza Violence Attacked by Security Agents
(13 January 2009) Plain clothes security agents attacked and disrupted a gathering organized by the Iranian nongovernmental group Mothers for Peace to protest ongoing violence in the Gaza Strip in… ...
January 12, 2009
Six More Shiraz University Students Detained
(12 January 2009) Six more students from Shiraz University were detained, after they appeared at the Intelligence Office in Shiraz following official summonses, the International Campaign for Human Rights in… ...
January 5, 2009
Release Detainees and Stop Prosecution of Students at Shiraz University
(5 January 2009) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reported that four students at Shiraz University, Abdoljalil Rezaiee, Kazem Rezaiee, Mohsen Zarinkamar, and Loghman Ghadiri Goltapeh, were arrested… ...
January 2, 2009
Threats to Nobel Laureate Escalate
(2 January 2009) The Iranian government should immediately end its campaign of persecution against Dr. Shirin Ebadi, which has now escalated to mob threats and violence against her home, the… ...
December 6, 2008
Situation of Academic Rights in Iran Appendices
Lists compiling detained, imprisoned, suspended and released students from March 2007 to December 2008…. ...
December 5, 2008
Allow Peaceful Celebrations of National Student Day
(5 December 2008) Despite three years of persecution and prosecution and increasing threats from official organs against university students, the voices of Iranian students promoting academic freedom on university campuses… ...
November 26, 2008
Students Deserve Right to Education not Detention
…on 22 November. In the early hours of 25 November, security forces violently attacked them and other students who had gathered in their support and detained the four suspended students…. ...
November 3, 2008
Ebrahim Rashidi
Ebrahim Rashidi is a poet, writer and Mechanical Engineering graduate of Orumieh University. On 5 August 2008, he was sent to prison to begin serving his five-month prison sentence…. ...
October 30, 2008
Resolution on the Human Rights Situation in Iran
English, Passed by Third Committee 21 November 2008, Adopted by General Assembly 18 December 2008… ...
October 20, 2008
Iran and Malaysia Join Forces to Silence Nobel Laureate
(20 October 2008) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran together with the Asian NGOs Network on National Human Rights Institutions (ANNI) strongly condemn the acts of Iranian and… ...
October 15, 2008
Behrouz Karimizadeh
Behrouz Karimizadeh, arrested on November 3, 2008, is a student activist. He is being held in Evin prison. Karimizadeh and more than 60 other students were arrested during a nationwide… ...
October 15, 2008
Ali Kantouri
Ali Kantouri, arrested on November 3, 2008, is a student activist. He is held in Evin prison. Kantouri and more than 60 other students were arrested during a nationwide sweep… ...
October 15, 2008
Peyman Piran
Peyman Piran, arrested in November 2007, is a political dissident and student activist. He is held in Evin prison and has reportedly been subjected to ill-treatment to make false confessions…. ...
October 1, 2008
Report of the Secretary-General on the Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
English, Issued 1 October 2008… ...
September 20, 2008
Rights Crisis Escalates Faces and Cases from Ahmadinejad’s Crackdown
Under President Ahmadinejad’s administration, Iran’s human rights record has deteriorated markedly. While the international community’s attention has focused on nuclear concerns, Iran has not been held accountable for its violations… ...
September 17, 2008
19 Azerbaijanis Arbitrarily Arrested
(17 September 2008) Intelligence Ministry agents arrested 19 prominent members of the Azerbaijani minority at a private Ramadan celebration on the evening of 10 September 2008, and detained them in… ...
September 4, 2008
Ehsan Mansouri
…on May 29, 2007. Security forces arrested Mansouri, Ahmad Ghasaban, and Majid Tavakoli along with five other students following a week of unrest at Amir Kabir University in May 2007…. ...